Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,224
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,966
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,864
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$47,190
Kept after tax
$38,224
Worth in national money
$36,864
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 28 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,190. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Connecticut this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 371. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,190, tax leaves $38,224 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,864 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 28 of 51 for industrial truck and tractor operators at $47,190. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Connecticut reports, industrial truck and tractor operators ranks 371 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $38,224 remains from the Connecticut median of $47,190 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,864 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,860 |
| This salary | $47,190 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Connecticut | $38,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,097 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,399 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,858 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,320 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,190 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,790 and the ninetieth is $71,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $38,224, from $47,190, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 371 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,864 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 371.
- The Connecticut median of $47,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,790 to $71,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,224 from $47,190. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 371 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,864, worked from $47,190, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 371 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $50,940 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,790 at the bottom tenth to $71,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $36,864 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $38,224 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Connecticut is $50,940. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,790 to $71,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $36,864 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $38,224 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.